Birreria, Eataly’s rooftop beer garden is now open. In the evening lines to get in are long, but at lunch time things are calmer. The general ambiance is pleasant. Beer is brewed right on the roof, the fried shiitake mushrooms are excellent, as are the many sausages sampled. As with the rest of Eataly, quality is high along with the prices.
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San Matteo Pizza and Espresso Bar is a great place to go for a taste of Italy, specifically of Neapolitan-style pizza from Salerno. It’s tiny, located on Second Avenue at 90th Street, but extremely welcoming. The pizza dough is appropriately chewy and all the toppings tasted have been delicious. They also offer panuozzi, a specialty of the Salerno area, which are a cross between a large panino and a calzone. The owners are fun, there’s soccer on the TV and the coffee made all the Italians present happy.
This story from NPR discusses how Italian food – or what is considered Italian food – has become a global phenomenon. In “How Italian Food Conquered The World” John F. Mariani tells the story of how what was once considered a very humble cuisine has become a global sensation. Once only known for cheese-saturated pizza and long-cooked red sauce, Italian food is now considered amongst the healthiest and, thanks to the wide accessibility of better ingredients, much more sophisticated.
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